4 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 25, 8:33 AM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 506 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2004 TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-261100- ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG- 506 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH TEXAS. .DAY ONE... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY AND TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY...TO THE NORTHERN PORTION THIS EVENING AND INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS...THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL COME FROM LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR ALL OF NORTH TEXAS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE THREAT FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER WILL NEED TO BE EVALUATED ON A DAILY BASIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. 65/DD
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:31 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
All low lying areas were under water and creeks were flooding.
Interstate 35 on ramps closed at Chatt due to high water.
Flooding was reported on Highway 22 at Peoria.
The east service roads of Interstate 35 were closed at Highway 22 and FM 286 due to flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, October 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5427057, 5427058, 5427059, 5427060.